Donna Alvermann

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Donna Alvermann

• Research Professor of Reading Education

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Research Focus

• Alvermanns research focuses on youths multiple
  literacies in and out of school.

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Teaching Philosophy

• Responsive to social constructionist view of
  learning.
• Language mediates meaning-making.
• Textual meaning is not out there to be
  acquired, but rather is co-constructed by
  individuals transacting with texts broadly
  defined (print, visual, symbolic, digital).

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Teaching Methods

• Make use of small and large discussions as
  follow-up to mini-lessons
• Use multi-media presentation
• Use photographic essays
• Power Point Presentations
• Online Resources

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Teaching Awards

• Distinguished Research Professor
• Senior Teaching Fellow
• William A. Owens Creative Research Award
• Invited to give UGA Presidents Lecture (1996)
• Elected to Reading Hall of Fame in 1999

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Author of

• Adolescents and Literacies in a Digital World.
• Bridging the Literacy Achievement Gap, Grades
  4-12.
• Content Reading and Literacy Succeeding in
  Todays Diverse Classrooms (4th ed.).
• 100 articles and chapters are in print!